The Village West at 525 Sixth Avenue: What the Offering Plan Says About Finishes, Amenities and Costs

Updated Oct 12, 2026 · 8 min read

The Village West is a 13-story, 68-unit new condo at 525 Sixth Avenue with Gaggenau induction kitchens, a washer and dryer in every apartment, and amenities that include a golf simulator room and a second-floor lounge and terrace. Its offering plan budgets a third-party staff from Kent Services and has the condo eventually buy the super's apartment.

In brief: The Village West is a 13-story new condo at 525 Sixth Avenue, at the edge of Greenwich Village, with 68 apartments above two commercial units. Apartments run from one-bedrooms of roughly 630 square feet to a four-bedroom penthouse of about 3,700 square feet. The offering plan specifies Gaggenau induction kitchens and an in-unit washer and dryer in every apartment, plus a golf simulator room and a second-floor lounge with a terrace. It also has an unusual setup for the super's apartment: the condo is expected to buy it from the sponsor, and may rent it in the meantime.

What's Specific to It

• The condo will buy the super's apartment. Unit 4B is the live-in super's home, and the plan has the condo buy it from the sponsor between about two years after the first closing and shortly after the last one. Until then, the sponsor can rent it to the condo.
• That apartment is a real budget line: about $153,000 a year in the first-year budget, built on a rent of $8,500 a month plus the unit's taxes and common charges.
• All staff come from a contractor. Kent Services supplies the super, two porters and five front desk and door staff; the condo has no employees of its own.
• A golf simulator that doubles as a screening room on the second floor, next to a lounge with a pool table, fireplace and catering pantry.
• Storage by license, not ownership, and once every apartment is sold, the sponsor can license unclaimed storage spaces to non-residents or businesses.
• Every kitchen is induction, and heating and cooling come from a Daikin VRF system that is submetered to each apartment.

The Village West is the marketing name for 525 6th Avenue Condominium, a new building on Sixth Avenue near West 14th Street. The plan was accepted for filing by the New York Attorney General in November 2024. Listings will tell you the bedroom count and the view. The offering plan tells you who works the front desk, how the building is heated, which brands go in the kitchen and what the condo is committing to pay for. Here's what stands out.

At a Glance

• Size: 68 residential units (including the super's apartment) and 2 commercial units, in a 13-story building of about 145 feet with a full cellar and two elevators.
• Mix: roughly 27 one-bedrooms, about 30 two-bedrooms, around 7 three-bedrooms and 2 four-bedrooms, per the plan's Schedule A.
• Sizes: one-bedrooms of about 630 to 840 square feet, two-bedrooms of about 1,070 to 1,700, three-bedrooms of about 1,800 to 2,400, and a penthouse of about 3,700 with a roof terrace of over 900 square feet.
• Outdoor space: about two dozen apartments have a private terrace or roof terrace, from small balconies of about 56 square feet to the penthouse's roof.
• Offering prices: the sponsor's original prices ran from about $1.4 million to $11.25 million. These are the plan's asking prices, not sales.
• Ceilings: about 10 feet 2 inches on the second floor and about 9 feet 4 inches on floors 3 through 6, lower over kitchens and baths.

Finishes

Kitchens

Every kitchen is built around Gaggenau appliances, with painted cabinets and natural stone counters. The common thread:

• Cooking: a Gaggenau induction cooktop (30 or 36 inches depending on the line) and a Gaggenau oven, with a Bosch range hood.
• Cold storage: a Gaggenau refrigerator that scales with the apartment, from 24 inches in smaller one-bedrooms to 42 inches at the top of the building.
• Everywhere: a Bosch dishwasher, a Kohler stainless undermount sink, a Watermark faucet and an InSinkErator disposal.
• Larger lines: a Gaggenau microwave, wine cooler or speed oven in many apartments; the penthouse adds a warming drawer, a True beverage center and a bar sink.

Good to know: one-bedrooms get a recirculating hood, while multi-bedroom apartments get a ducted hood. Every brand is listed "or equal," which gives the sponsor room to substitute.

Bathrooms

Primary baths get stone floors and base; secondary baths get stone floors with a painted base. Toilets and sinks are Kohler, and fittings, tub fillers and shower fittings are Watermark. Tubs are Kohler in primary baths, with Blu Bathworks or a freestanding MTI tub in some secondary baths. Powder rooms have wood floors. See how this compares in bathroom brands in NYC luxury condos.

Floors and windows

• Floors: 7-inch-wide engineered wood planks with a UV-oiled finish, laid over plywood subfloors and an acoustic underlayment.
• Windows: thermally broken aluminum casements by Alu Group or equal, double glazed. The plan notes screens will not be provided.
• Lot line windows: a few lines have windows on a lot line (for example, some A-line bathrooms and some C-line home offices), which a future neighbor could affect.

Laundry, heating and cooling

• Laundry: every apartment gets one. Most get a 24-inch Bosch stacked pair; larger lines and the penthouse get a 27-inch Whirlpool side-by-side set.
• Heating and cooling: a Daikin VRF heat recovery system with ducted ceiling fan coils and a thermostat in each room. The cost is submetered to each apartment.
• Fresh air: rooftop Swegon energy recovery ventilators bring outdoor air into every apartment.
• Hot water: central gas-fired Aerco heaters in the building, not individual heaters in each unit.

For context, see how NYC condo finishes have changed since 2010.

Amenities

The plan lists these as spaces for residential owners, their families and residential tenants:

• Second floor: an amenity lounge with a library area suited to working from home, a game room with a pool table and fireplace, and a bar with a back-of-house pantry for catered events, opening onto a shared terrace with lounge seating.
• Golf simulator room, also on the second floor, which can be used as a media or screening room when the simulator is off.
• Exercise room on the ground floor with cardio and strength equipment that the sponsor leases.
• Cellar: a children's room, a laundry room, a pet wash with a stainless tub, and a bike room for up to 38 bikes on a first-come basis.
• Outdoors: a ground-floor inner courtyard and a common roof terrace on the main roof.

Tip: the plan says any furniture or equipment beyond what the sponsor first provides is the condo's cost. The gym equipment is leased, so ask what happens to that lease after the sponsor hands off control. Compare with amenities by building size.

Staffing and Services

The condo won't have employees on its own payroll. Staff will come from Kent Services, a third-party company, and the budget figures include benefits, FICA, welfare and pension. The plan budgets:

• Front desk and concierge: four staff covering about 168 hours a week, which works out to round-the-clock coverage.
• Doorman: one part-time post of about 21 hours a week.
• Live-in super: one full-time, living in Unit 4B.
• Porters: two full-time.

Altogether that's roughly $690,000 a year, close to 40 percent of the first-year budget. The plan doesn't say whether the staff will be union. For how this compares, see what a doorman costs in NYC condos.

The managing agent is Metro Management and Development, which the plan says is not affiliated with the sponsor. Its fee is budgeted at 5 percent.

What It Costs to Run

The sponsor's first-year budget, for July 2026 through June 2027, totals about $1.75 million. The biggest lines:

As a rough guide, the plan projects common charges of about $1,200 a month for a one-bedroom of about 720 square feet and about $2,200 a month for a two-bedroom of about 1,270 square feet. Real estate taxes come on top of that, and Schedule A shows them both partially and fully assessed, with the fully assessed figure noticeably higher. The plan also collects two months of common charges as working capital at closing.

Good to know: about 9 percent of the first-year budget goes to the super's apartment, and that line could change once the condo buys the unit instead of renting it. Read more on common charges, operating expenses and why operating costs differ.

Fine Print Worth Knowing

• The super's unit purchase: the condo is to buy Unit 4B from the sponsor no earlier than 24 months after the first closing and no later than 60 days after the last. Before that, the sponsor can rent it to the condo on one-year renewable terms.
• Storage is licensed: the cover lists 21 storage spaces offered by license agreement, while another section says 23. They can only be licensed to residential owners, the board has a right of first refusal, and after sellout the sponsor can license unclaimed spaces to non-residents or businesses.
• Square footage is generous on paper: unit areas are measured to the structural slab and exterior walls, so the plan warns that actual living space is significantly less than the Schedule A figure.
• Commercial neighbors: the two commercial units pay a share of common expenses, and the sponsor names the commercial board member until those units are sold.

For more on how storage and parking rights work, see sold, licensed or leased.

Who's Behind It

• Sponsor: 525 6th Ave LLC. The plan names Eldad Blaustein as a principal and ties him to IGI-Izaki Group USA and Revaia.
• Architect: BKSK Architects.
• Selling agent: CORE Group Marketing.
• Managing agent: Metro Management and Development.
• Sponsor's attorney: Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman.
• Tax opinion: Marcus and Pollack.

The plan doesn't name an interior designer.

Common Questions

Does The Village West have a doorman?

Yes. The plan budgets front desk and concierge staff for about 168 hours a week, which covers the clock, plus a part-time doorman, a live-in super and two porters, all supplied by Kent Services.

Is there a washer and dryer in every apartment?

Yes. Most apartments get a 24-inch Bosch stacked set and larger lines get a 27-inch Whirlpool side-by-side set, and there's also a laundry room in the cellar.

Does the building have a gas stove?

No. Every kitchen in the plan has a Gaggenau induction cooktop; gas only serves the central hot water heaters and the common laundry dryers.

Is there parking?

No. The plan doesn't offer parking spaces, but it does offer storage spaces by license and a cellar bike room for up to 38 bikes.

Where this comes from: the building's offering plan (CD240183) filed with the New York Attorney General, including its Schedule A, Schedule B budget for July 2026 through June 2027, and Description of Property. Prices are the sponsor's offering prices, not sales, and figures are rounded. Updated October 2026. Search other buildings on The Condo Book Project.